Prizefighting: Theater of the Absurd

Nobody can deny that Cassius
Marcellus Clay, 23, has an affinity for fantasy. Last week in
Lewiston, Me., Cassius fought a fight that did not seem to be a fight,
threw a punch that did not look like a punch, scored a knockout that
the referee did not realize was a knockout, and set a record that
turned out to be no record. In the process, Cassius clearly established
himself as the heavyweight champion of the world and a consummate
actorin the theater of the absurd.